Mj. Vazquez et al., HELIANTHOSIDE FROM HELIASTER-HELIANTHUS, AN ASTEROSAPONIN WITH A C3'-SULFATED PYRANOSE, Canadian journal of chemistry, 71(8), 1993, pp. 1147-1151
A new asterosaponin, named helianthoside (1), has been isolated from t
he butanolic extract of the starfish Heliaster helianthus and its stru
cture established on the basis of extensive spectroscopic experiments
and chemical correlations. Helianthoside is the first asterosaponin wi
th a C3'-sulphated xylopyranose. The absolute stereochemistry at C24 w
as determined by the Trost-Mosher method.